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KAZWELD NEWSLETTER JANUARY – MARCH 2015 | Issue 3 7
is the global
innovation
company that
never stops
inventing. It was founded in 1902 in
Minnesota, USA, for production and
use of rare mineral corundum as
abrasive. 3M is the inventor of
things, which you use in common
life: sandpaper, Scotch adhesive
tape, reflective films for traffic signs,
magnetic tape for audio records,
respirators, post-it notepads.
Since 1976, 3M has been included in
the list of 30 companies, basis for
Dow Jones Industrial Average index –
the oldest and the most popular
indicator of the US stock market.
Every year the company invests in
research and development about 1.4
billion US dollars, and its developers
create more than 500 items of new
products, which are effective and
economically beneficial for
consumers. Totally, 3M produces
more than 50 thousand products,
which are sold in almost 200
countries of the world. More than 75
thousand employees, 7000 of which
are researchers, work for the
company.
According to the latest ratings of 500
biggest companies of the world
published in the Financial Times (FT
500), 3M has raised from 137 to 130
place, while occupying the 3rd place
in the ratings of industrial
conglomerates.
In 2009, 3M was recognized as the
best company for leaders, winning
the 1st place in the ratings of the
Chief Executive Magazine and Hay
Group rating company.
3M at a Glance (Year-end 2010)
 Global sales: $30.8 billion.
 International (non-US) sales:
$19.7 billion (64 percent of
company's total).
 Operations in more than 70
countries.
 3M products sold in nearly 200
countries.
 88,667 employees globally.
 2013 3Mgives cash and product
donations totaled $60.2 million.
3М in Kazakhstan
Representation office of 3M in
Kazakhstan was established in 1994,
and since 2010 we have fully
operational 3M Kazakhstan LLP with
head office in Almaty. Currently the
company is focused on the following
businesses:
 Visual communication
systems
 Home and offices products
 Telecommunication systems
and electric goods
 Health Care materials
 Industrial and Transportation
materials
 Safety and Security goods.
APPLICATIONS ON IIW
TRAININGS ARE NOW
AVAILABLE!
Approved Training Centers
(ATB) accepts applications for
training on the following
programs:
IWE, IWT, IWP, IWIP, IW.
Please feel free to apply for
any interested program!
For more detailed
information on training
program, tuition and so on,
please contact the ATB.
All ATBs contacts you can
find in our website:
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TECHNICAL COMMITTEE # 82
APPLICATION FOR
STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
KazWeld accepts application
for development of standards
related to the Welding and
allied processes in order to
complete the state
standardization activities
within the Technical
Committee No. 82
established under the
Technical Regulation and
Metrology Committee of the
MINT on the base of Welding
Association in September
2013.
Please send your application
to the Association:
KazWeld new member
3М Kazakhstan LLP